Library Lines: Spring cleaning!
Here at the library, we are doing a lot of spring cleaning to get ready for our move back to 472 Main Street in April. We’ll even be having another giant tag sale to dispose of items in our temporary...
View ArticleSurprise! Utility pole work closes road
A closure of Old Quarry Road for CL&P pole work this morning took many commuters — and town officials — by surprise. The road has been closed from near the ROAR dog shelter to past the Good Will...
View ArticleCops: Heroin, coke seized; drug deal witnessed by officer
A Ridgefield Police detective busted three people Tuesday night with cocaine and heroin in Route 7 parking lot near the intersection of Route 35. Police arrested Christopher Ruggiero, 30, of Waterbury...
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Trevelin joins RVNA finance
Debra Trevelin The Ridgefield Visiting Nurse Association has announced a new staff member, Debra Trevelin, who will be finance manager. She has nine years of experience working for a non-profit health...
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Temple Shearith Israel installs Rabbi Reiner
Rabbi David Reiner and his wife, Ashley Susan Heller. Temple Shearith Israel will officially celebrate Rabbi David Levy Reiner’s installation on Friday, April 4, at 6 p.m. The installation and Shabbat...
View ArticleRidgefield No. 5 place to live in state
Ridgefield recently made the cut in Movoto Real Estate’s list of top 10 places to live in Connecticut. The full list of the firm’s 10-best towns includes: 1. Stamford; 2. Bethel; 3. Danbury; 4....
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Scotts Ridge student in geography bee
Simon Hooper Seventh grade Scotts Ridge Middle School student Simon Hooper has qualified for the Connecticut Geography Bee to be held at Central Connecticut State University on Friday, April 4. Simon...
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BBB offers ethics scholarship
Connecticut Better Business Bureau is now accepting submissions for its 2014 BBB Student Ethics Scholarship Award. The award recognizes high school students in their junior year who personify high...
View ArticleHow are town’s top earners paid?
Educators dominated the list of highest-paid employees in Ridgefield for the 2013-2014 fiscal year, with all of the top 10 earners coming from the school district. Superintendent Deborah Low ranks as...
View ArticlePop-up pantry planned Monday
A pop-up food pantry is planned at the sun porch entry of St. Stephen’s South Hall on Monday, April 7, from noon to 2 or 5 to 6:30. Non-perishable food will be available to take home. This offer is for...
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Farmingville stages play by Ridgefield best-seller
Everyone’s had something they’ve loved and lost. For Jinx Beasley, it was a bike. In Farmingville School’s recent production of the original play The Contest, by best-selling author and Farmingville...
View ArticleBeads, bracelets made in class
Leather Macramé Bracelet with Beads is a new jewelry class in Ridgefield Continuing Education. Students will learn how to macramé using an old technique to make current fashionable jewelry pieces....
View ArticleColdwell Banker wins Cartus Platinum Award
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., has been named a Platinum Award winner by the Cartus Broker Network at its annual Broker Network International...
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Performers sought for ‘Ridgefield’s Got Talent’
Auditions for the second annual Ridgefield’s Got Talent show will be held on Saturday, April 5, on the RMAC stage at St. Andrew’s Church, 6 Ivy Hill Road, from 11 to 4. RMAC President Linda Haines...
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Branchville principal heading to New Fairfield school district
Jason McKinnon, principal of Branchville Elementary School, announced he will step down from his position at the end of the school year Friday morning. Jason McKinnon Dr. McKinnon, who became principal...
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Cake for pi at Scotts Ridge
Trey O’Malley, Jack Coughlin and Keenan Briggs, sixth graders at Scotts Ridge Middle School, won the Pi Day Baking Contest with their home made multi-layer cake. Their cake featured Pi to as many...
View ArticleAsk the Farmer at Garden of Ideas Saturday
Friends of Garden of Ideas is hosting “Ask the Farmer” at the Garden of Ideas on Saturday, April 5, at 11 a.m. “The planting season is finally here — bring questions about your own backyard vegetable...
View ArticleLion’s Heart chapter collecting baseball equipment for Bassick
Young Ridgefield philanthropists are helping a Bridgeport school which had its baseball season hampered when equipment was stolen. This year, Lion’s Heart 2018 Yellow chapter decided they wanted to...
View ArticleFinance board moves road money, approves budget with 2.49% tax hike
After taking a step that would mean higher taxes next year but a savings for taxpayers in the longer run, the Board of Finance approved a 2014-15 budget of just over $133,367,000 on Thursday, requiring...
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Putting miscellaneous deductions to work
Now that you’re just about ready to file your tax return, are you sure you claimed all the deductions that you’re due? Most Americans know that they can deduct items such as charitable donations,...
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